Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Incumbent
Michael J. Stack III
since January 20, 2015
Term length Four years
renewable once
Inaugural holder John Latta
Formation 1873
Salary $157,765 (2014)[1]
Website ltgovernor.state.pa.us

The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lieutenant governor is elected for a four year term in the same year as the governor. Each party picks a candidate for lieutenant governor independently of the governors. The winners of the party primaries are then teamed together in a governor/lieutenant governor ticket which runs together in the fall general election.[2] Michael J. Stack III is the incumbent lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor presides in the Senate and is first in the line of succession to the governor; in the event the governor dies, resigns, or otherwise leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.

The office of lieutenant governor was created by the Constitution of 1873. As with the governor's position, the Constitution of 1968 made the lieutenant governor eligible to succeed himself or herself for one additional four-year term.[3] The position's only official duties are serving as president of the state senate and chairing the Board of Pardons and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council. Lieutenant governors often work on additional projects and have a full schedule of community and speaking events. Pennsylvania is the only state that provides a residence (the "State House" at Fort Indiantown Gap) for its lieutenant governor.[4] Constructed in 1940 and previously the governor's "summer residence", it became available for Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor in 1968 when the current governor's residence was completed in Harrisburg.[3]

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

#NameTermParty
1 John Latta 1875–1879 Democrat
2 Charles Warren Stone 1879–1883 Republican
3 Chauncey Forward Black 1883–1887 Democratic
4 William T. Davies 1887–1891 Republican
5 Louis Arthur Watres 1891–1895 Republican
6 Walter Lyon 1895–1899 Republican
7 John P. S. Gobin 1899–1903 Republican
8 William M. Brown 1903–1907 Republican
9 Robert S. Murphy 1907–1911 Republican
10 John M. Reynolds 1911–1915 Republican
11 Frank B. McClain 1915–1919 Republican
12 Edward E. Beidleman 1919–1923 Republican
13 David J. Davis 1923–1927 Republican
14 Arthur H. James 1927–1931 Republican
15 Edward C. Shannon 1931–1935 Republican
16 Thomas Kennedy 1935–1939 Democratic
17 Samuel S. Lewis 1939–1943 Republican
18 John Cromwell Bell, Jr. 1943–1947 Republican
19 Daniel B. Strickler 1947–1951 Republican
20 Lloyd H. Wood 1951–1955 Republican
22 Roy E. Furman 1955–1959 Democratic
23 John Morgan Davis 1959–1963 Democratic
24 Raymond P. Shafer 1963–1967 Republican
25 Raymond J. Broderick 1967–1971 Republican
26 Ernest P. Kline 1971–1979 Democratic
27 William Scranton, III 1979–1987 Republican
28 Mark Singel 1987–1995 Democratic
29 Mark S. Schweiker 1995–2001 Republican
30 Robert C. Jubelirer 2001–2003 Republican
31 Catherine Baker Knoll 2003–2008 Democratic
32 Joseph B. Scarnati III 2008–2011 Republican
33 Jim Cawley 2011–2015 Republican
34 Mike Stack 2015– Democratic

Living former Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania

As of January 2017, six former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania were alive, the oldest being Robert C. Jubelirer (served 2001–2003, born 1937). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania was that of Ernest P. Kline (served 1971–1979, born 1929), on May 13, 2009. The most recently serving lieutenant governor to die was Catherine Baker Knoll (2003-2008), who died in office on November 12, 2008.[5]

Lt. GovernorLt. Gubernatorial termDate of birth (and age)
William Scranton III 1979–1987 July 20, 1947
Mark Singel 1987–1995 September 12, 1953
Mark S. Schweiker 1995–2001 January 31, 1953
Robert C. Jubelirer 2001–2003 February 9, 1937
Joseph B. Scarnati III 2008–2011 January 2, 1962
Jim Cawley 2011–2015 June 22, 1969

Vice-presidents of Pennsylvania

From 1777 to 1790 the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government was headed by a Supreme Executive Council consisting of a representative of each county and of the City of Philadelphia. The Vice President of the Council—also known as the Vice-President of Pennsylvania—held a position analogous to the modern office of Lieutenant Governor. Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected to one-year terms and could serve up to three years—the full length of their regular term as Counsellor. Ten men served as Vice-President during the time of the Council's existence.

References

  1. ↑ Dawson, Mike (February 20, 2014). "Jay Paterno seeking election as Pa. lieutenant governor". Centre Daily Times. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Election Process". The Morning Call. January 21, 2005. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "RG-64, Records of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Agency History". Pennsylvania State Archives. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ Walmer, Daniel (April 21, 2017). "Pa. has US's only Lt. Gov. mansion. Is it worth the cost?". Lebanon Daily News. Gannett. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Gurman, Sadie and Tom Barnes (13 November 2008), "Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll Dies at Age 78", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, accessed September 21, 2016.
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